ablepsia

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• ablepsy

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀβλεψία ‎(ablepsía, “blindness”), from ἀ- ‎(a-, “not”) + βλέπω ‎(blépō, “see”).

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈblɛp.si.ə/

NounEdit

ablepsia ‎(uncountable)

1. (medicine, rare) Lack of sight; blindness.

ReferencesEdit

• Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940) Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, ISBN 0-8036-8313-8, published 1993, page 6

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἀβλεψία ‎(ablepsía, “blindness”), from ἀ- ‎(a-, “not”) + βλέπω ‎(blépō, “I see”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈble.psi.a/, [aˈbɫɛ.psi.a]

NounEdit

ablepsia f ‎(genitive ablepsiae); first declension

1. blindness
2. vocative singular of ablepsia

ablepsiā

1. ablative singular of ablepsia

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ablepsia	ablepsiae
genitive	ablepsiae	ablepsiārum
dative	ablepsiae	ablepsiīs
accusative	ablepsiam	ablepsiās
ablative	ablepsiā	ablepsiīs
vocative	ablepsia	ablepsiae

DescendantsEdit

• English: ablepsia
• Portuguese: ablepsia

ReferencesEdit

• ablepsia in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press